A 25-year-old man got crushed under a heavy branch while he was chopping smaller branches on it at Powai on Wednesday.

The man has been identified as Jasin Sakir Hashmi, a resident of Chembur. Hashmi had been hired by a contractor to cut branches of overgrown trees at Dr Ambedkar Udyan. The Powai police have registered an accidental death report (ADR).